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1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Life as a slave -- pt. 2. Free man and free laborer -- pt. 3. Free man and citizen. |
Summary |
In 1793 James F. Brown was born a slave and in 1868 he died a free man. At age 34 he ran away from his native Maryland to spend the remainder of his life in upstate New York's Hudson Valley, where he was employed as a gardener by the wealthy, Dutch-descended Verplanck family on their estate in Fishkill Landing. Two years after his escape, he began a diary that he kept until two years before his death. In Freedom's Gardener, Myra B. Young Armstead uses seemingly small details from Brown's diariesoentries about weather, gardening, steamboat schedules, the Verplancks' social life, and other large. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868.
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Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868. |
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Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868. |
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Brown, James Francis, 1793-1868. |
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African Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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African Americans. |
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Free Black people -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
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Free Black people. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Gardeners -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
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Gardeners. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Maryland -- Biography.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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Maryland. |
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
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Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954- Freedom's gardener. New York : New York University Press, ©2012 9780814705100 (DLC) 2011028251 (OCoLC)724667171 |
ISBN |
9780814707920 (electronic book) |
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0814707920 (electronic book) |
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0814705103 (electronic book) |
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9780814705100 (electronic book) |
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9780814707913 (electronic book) |
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0814707912 (electronic book) |
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9780814705100 |
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